Krispy Kreme Holiday Doughnuts Are Here: Sugar Cookie, Hot Cocoa and Caramel Toffee Cheesecake Join a New Sugar Cookie Latte
Krispy Kreme Holiday Doughnuts are here with Sugar Cookie, Hot Cocoa, and Caramel Toffee Cheesecake flavors, plus a new Sugar Cookie Latte.
Pumpkin spice had a good run. Krispy Kreme has officially flipped the calendar to holiday mode, rolling out a three doughnut holiday lineup and a brand new Sugar Cookie Latte at participating U.S. shops now.
The new menu arrives right after Krispy Kreme’s Looney Tunes Halloween doughnuts, which we covered in October with the Looney Tunes Lab Dozen. Also, it lands the very same day Dunkin’ launches its own big seasonal push, the Dunkin’ Avengers: Doomsday menu. November 4 is apparently the official start of the doughnut wars. Grab a napkin.
Krispy Kreme Holiday Doughnuts: The Full Lineup
Krispy Kreme’s holiday page lists three seasonal doughnuts alongside the Original Glazed, plus the Sugar Cookie Latte in hot, iced, and frozen versions.
Sugar Cookie Doughnut
This one starts with an Original Glazed doughnut, then dips it in vanilla-flavored icing and finishes it with a holiday sugar cookie topping. It is the most classic-looking of the bunch, and the one most likely to be described as “nostalgic” by every relative in your house before noon.
Hot Cocoa Doughnut
Another Original Glazed base, this time dipped in chocolate icing and topped with a frosting made with GHIRARDELLI Hot Cocoa, marshmallow bites, and a final sprinkle of GHIRARDELLI hot cocoa. On paper, it is a mug of cocoa in doughnut form, minus the risk of burning your tongue.
Caramel Toffee Cheesecake Doughnut
The heavy hitter of the trio. It is an unglazed shell doughnut filled with Cheesecake Kreme, dipped in caramel icing, coated in toffee-graham-flavored crunch, and finished with a caramel drizzle. If you have read our Voodoo Doll Doughnut review, you already know we have a soft spot for a filled doughnut that commits to the bit. This one looks like it commits.
New Sugar Cookie Latte
Krispy Kreme is billing the Sugar Cookie Latte as a new seasonal offering. It is a latte flavored with sugar cookie-inspired syrup, then topped with whipped cream, a cookie, and holiday sanding sugar. It is available hot, iced, or frozen.
Holiday Dozens and Party Bundles
If you would rather not choose favorites (relatable), Krispy Kreme is selling a Holiday Seasonal Dozen with three of each holiday doughnut plus three Original Glazed, and a smaller 3-Count Holiday Seasonal box with one of each flavor, according to Krispy Kreme’s menu listings on delivery apps. For office parties and family gatherings, the chain is also pushing two catering bundles: the Holiday Specialty Dozen + Original Glazed Dozen Bundle, and the Holiday Specialty Dozens to Share Bundle. Customers can order both in advance for pickup or delivery.
“The holidays come with a lot of pressure to get everything just right,” said Alison Holder, Chief Brand and Product Officer at Krispy Kreme. “A holiday dozen is the easy part. You don’t have to overthink it – show up with a box and you’ve already said, ‘I was thinking of you.’”
Krispy Kreme Holiday Doughnuts: Part of Krispy Kreme’s Five Seasonal Drops
Photo Credit: Krispy Kreme
This holiday menu is the final chapter of a strategy Krispy Kreme announced back in January, when it said 2026 would bring five limited-time seasonal lineups covering winter, spring, summer, fall, and the holidays. That plan has kept the doughnut case rotating all year, and now we have reached the merry finale. Krispy Kreme has not said whether a separate licensed Christmas collection (like the Peanuts, Grinch or Elf themes of recent years) is coming later in the season. We will keep an eye out.
Krispy Kreme Holiday Doughnuts 2026
Three doughnuts are a tighter lineup than the character-heavy collections Krispy Kreme has leaned on in past holiday seasons, but the flavors cover the bases well: one cookie, one chocolate, one rich filled option. The Hot Cocoa Doughnut looks like the safest crowd pleaser, while the Caramel Toffee Cheesecake is the one we are most curious to try. The Sugar Cookie Latte will likely be the sleeper hit for anyone who already lives on holiday coffee drinks.
Know Before You Go
- Availability: participating U.S. Krispy Kreme shops, for a limited time while supplies last
- Ordering: in shop, drive thru, or pickup and delivery through the Krispy Kreme app and website
- Find a shop: Krispy Kreme shop locator
- Perk: Krispy Kreme Rewards members earn points on purchases and get a free doughnut for signing up.
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